Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass. The appearance is a murky amber color with a thin white head. The aroma is full of citrus and caramel. The taste is a bitter citrus driven IPA . A nice beer.

This isn't bad with the main point of merit being that it hides the 9% ABV rather well, which is nothing to scoff at. However, it hides it with a straightforward IPA Pine-resin bitterness that doesn't really do anything beyond that once on your palate, so it's something of a mixed bag there. Needs more nuance which is why I gave it a poor "feel" rating.

The other beers in the Pin-Up 12 pack are better than this, but it's certainly acceptable. It's quite acceptable as a commercial craft beer with a ready availability in certain geographic areas and strong bunk-mates in the very reasonably priced Dominion 12 pack (Candi and Morning Glory).

Poured from 12-oz bottle into Belgian tulip glass. Clear, dark-orange color with a three-finger eggshell head that leaves sheets of lacing. Aroma was malt forward, without much going on from the hops. Nicely balanced flavor, solid malt backbone with a little citrus and pine and a whole lot of grapefruit zest-like bitterness on the finish. The sample was bottled a little over 4 months ago, so the hop character may have faded a bit. A pretty good DIPA nonetheless.

Color is a cloudy honey orange color with a thin layer of white head. Aroma is of citrus, pine, and caramel malt. Taste is heavy on pine and citrus with light malt sweetness. Medium body and crisp carbonation. Overall this is an old bottle (at least 3 months old) so taste may be a bit off, but seems a little too heavy on the pine and citrus.

Finger plus of creamy off-white color, mixed bubble set with divots across the surface, retention is just above average, the lacing is broad and sticks well if not exceptionally. Clean, clear coppery color with widely dispersed bubbles of larger size, shines well in the glass. Fresh, if at times hollow, nose of wet leafy matter, dried pine sap, tarry earth, black tea, mandarin oranges and jasmine, the pineapple, apple, pear to apricot fruit guileless and of few words. Light to medium-bodied with a creamy texture which helps it flow with relative ease, the carbonation more of a subtle churn than prickle. Does not really emphasize any specific element, seems intent on blending it all into a whole. Orange and minor pink grapefruit, flowers, pine breeze and mineral water, stays fresh rather than indulge in anything beyond a patina of breadiness, caramel and brown sugar, not dry yet nowhere near “sweet” either. The peach, apricot, apple fruit clean and not tropical. There is a bitter and unbalanced quality to the finish which stands out because of how integrated and unassuming it was beforehand. You’d run out of conversation halfway through dinner if sat next to it.

Thus is quite possibly the perfect representation of an American DIPA about two years ago. Today? It still is, but the competition is right there.

I really like this beer. The alcohol is completely masked by a very nice mildy east coast Hoppy presence. I really like this beer, but I'm a hop head and have been for ten years. I would never turn down this beer unless someone offered me this and a Hill Farmstead or Treehouse IPA.

Enjoyed from the 12 oz bottle in a snifter. This beefy DIPA pours a deep honey amber color with a nice head of white foam that subsides to a thin ring and pooling layer with nice lacing. Nose of heavy pine, pineapple, and rich caramel malts. Flavors follow the nose with pineapple and citrus laden hops drenched in caramel malts that fade in the middle to back with a VERY strong pine hop note that finishes piney and bitter. Good carbonation to cut through the caramel and hops with subtle heat on the back from strong alcohol content.

This one pours a hazy golden orange with a nice foam head and plenty of sticky lace. There is an almost intense hop oil aroma; it feels like you are breathing citric and resiny hop fumes as well as alcohol. Similarly the taste is quite hop forward. There is a big grapefruit finish and a big bitter aftertaste. The palate is also bitter and dry. There is also alcohol. The feel is medium bodied, slick and oily. The carbonation is prickly. This one is good for a hops fix, but not particularly balanced. Also, I wish the alcohol was masked a bit more. Overall, I would have again as it was tasty enough. Nevertheless it's not the best example of the style.

Smell: A little muted (which is why I think I may have gotten unlucky with my selection) with some grapefruit notes that promised something nice and refreshing.

Taste: Now, I hope this was a bad one because the taste was really bad. Loads of phenol alcohol that made it taste like hand sanitizer. I was eating it with some chinese pork sausage, belgian endive, and crab cakes if that effects anything.

Feel: Didn't quite burn going down as much as it did scorch my insides.

Overall: DIPAs are my favorite style but this made me sad. I really wanted to like this beer and I am going to give it another try in the future but as of right now I'm not happy with it.

Old Dominion is so far on a streak to prove that they are ( in my opinion) one of the absolute best in terms of widely available brews on the market. Let's hope this one can follow in the foot steps of the others.

Look - This nectar flows from the bottle forming into a burnt sunset orange with a two finger off-white head that is slowly taking its leave as I watch it sit. Carbonation appears to be on a medium level with this one. Head retains well and leaves an excellent amount of lacing. 5.

Smell - Oh lawd Satan of Hell. The nose is not strong on this one. Grapefruit dominanta with some medium hits of malt...end. 3.

Taste - Where did this shit come from?! Fruityness and juiciness is on a near ten with this nose!. Grapefruit juice, mango juice, a few drops of pear juice to round it all out!. HORY SHIT ( in my best Asian accent) this is a tasty brew. The maltyness does come in upon the swallow to arrest the other flavors and charge them with crimes against my taste buds Legislation 666 of the taste bud code for being too tasty. Damn system man. 4.5.

Feel - Creamy and contrived ( not even sure what that word means, but damn if this beer doesn't make me feel like an aristocrat) " No work here! Shouts the fat well fed man in his sealskin coat " . Medium bodied, with medium carbonation. A four will do good here since I never let intoxication levels determine my scores. 4.

Overall - Well...In my opinion Old Dominion cannot do any wrong. Admittedly, if it weren't for the malty finish this would have gotten a touch higher score in the taste category. Doesn't smell great. But everything else is up there. And at 9%? You bet your virgin asshole I'd have it again. 4.5.

Good DIPA. Pours a slightly hazy light copper color. Medium size off-white head with good retention. A covering remains on the glass throughout. Thick band of lacing form on the glass. Aroma highlights bitterness and biscuity malt. Flavor is bitter, without any heavy citrusy or floral notes. The biscuity malt presence is prominent too. Mouthfeel is dry and bitter. The 9% abv is well hidden. A well crafted beer, nothing exceptional in the taste, but a nice smooth bitter IPA.

Amber in appearance. Sweet malt/caramel in nose, little in the way of hops. Taste was malt first, then more malt, with maybe the slightest hint of hops but nowhere near enough to be considered a double IPA. Cloyingly sweet. Must admit the ABV was well hidden, but that may be the biggest positive this beer had going for it IMO.

Maybe I had an old 6 pack. As it was I wished I had some sucker to trade these off to. I've never drain poured a beer but these came close. Would not buy again, would turn down if offered.

Pours a nice orangy color with a good 1+ finger head that left a thick lacing on the glass. Citrusy overtones in the aroma but very balanced with malt as well. It smelled "smooth". A complex taste with the citrus hitting you first, then a smooth malt middle and finally a nice bitter bite at the end. Overall, a really nice offering. Careful though, at 9% ABV, those Double D’s will hit you upside the head!

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 11/11/2014. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, floral, grass, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity and balance of bright citrus/tropical hops and light-moderate pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, floral, grass, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, pine, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and balance of bright citrus/tropical hops and light-moderate pale malt sweetness; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and sticky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice DIPA style. All around great complexity and balance of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops and light-moderate pale malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Good could drink a few of these great blood orange color with 1/2 finger head off white lacing till the end smell of lite citrus fruit and pine taste just like it smells nothing great nothing bad will drink again

Pours a copper body with a rich, frumpy white head with excellent retention. Big floral aromas blend with fresh leafiness and a hint of caramel, with the sweeter notes less pronounced than in my favorite double IPAs. Tastes good but simply lacks the sweetness of many double IPAs. Hop-dominant, with zesty orange peel and resinous flavors overwhelm the taste from start to finish. I wish it had a maltier mid-palate to make it more interesting.